Text: The Great Power Battle_Chapter 195 Another ambush
Yue Fei led his army and didn't waste much time. Along the way, all cities are broken, and people are slaughtered. All the Beichen sergeants carried out Generalissimo Yue's orders very well, quickly and cleanly.
After breaking six or seven cities in a row, Yue Fei finally came to the outside of Birk City, the capital city where Hatton was located. The army was encamped ten miles outside the city, and after a little news, it would launch a siege battle.
This siege was different from the previous siege battles, and 120,000 troops had already gathered in the city. Among them, most of the horses are elite troops, and there are not many garrison troops in the second line.
Kill all the way, within half a month, except for the first city encountered, it was slightly stronger. The rest of the cities were weak to death, and the defending forces were just a little. There were even a few cities where the troops stationed in the city were clearly not regular troops, but a group of ordinary people.
Coupled with the blood on the city wall that had not yet dried up, and decades of experience, Yue Fei immediately guessed the predicament that Hatton was facing. Internal and external troubles, internal peasant uprisings continued, and externally faced the attack of his own army of more than one million. This monarch is really not ordinary bad luck.
Not only did Yue Fei feel unlucky for Hatton, but even Hatton himself wanted to smoke a few big-eared scrapers. Tell me what you didn't do before!
If you are idle, why should you respond to the call of the country and form a united army! Now it's okay, hundreds of thousands of elite troops have been thrown under Hachi City, and there are countless losses of domestic materials, and there is no war dividend yet.
Now the Beichen army is coming to the city and coming for revenge. Do it yourself!
With such an army of 100,000 under his command, Hatton did not think that he could stop the 1.5 million Beichen army. You must know that before the battle against Hachicheng, it was also defended by an army of five or six hundred thousand from Beichen Kingdom. The difference in the number of the two armies was only four or five times that it was precisely because of this that the combined army never broke through Hachicheng.
But he is different now from before, the Beichen Army can pull out five or six hundred thousand to defend three million troops. And he doesn't have that ability, just 100,000 people, but he has to face 1.5 million Beichen Army. Let's not talk about whether you can hold it or not, as long as you can hold out until the arrival of your allies' troops, you will already be the manifestation of God and his old man.
Hatton was also a little lucky, though. Fortunately, when he was okay before, he strengthened the city and hoarded all kinds of supplies. At present, the walls of Birk City are 22 meters high, and there are still a lot of stocks of various materials in the city. I hope these can add a little time to resist the Beichen Army for yourself!
Yue Fei didn't waste a good time in vain, after the camp was set up. The soldiers had rested for less than an hour, and then, on the orders of their commanders, they began to assemble outside the camp.
A thousand catapults were still the first to come out, and the plains outside Vic were all over. Therefore, the Beichen army directly assembled all the catapults in the camp, and then pulled them out.
The flat terrain did not slow down the catapult much. However, the natural slow speed still makes people feel anxious.
Looking at these behemoths, it had been a few minutes, and they had only advanced dozens of meters, and Yue Fei didn't know what to say. If it weren't for the twenty-meter-high walls of Bilk City, these big guys would still be needed, and Yue Fei wouldn't want to bring them out.
Behind the catapult were a full million Beichen soldiers, and the rest of the 500,000 troops were all left behind in the camp. One million soldiers were divided into a million thousand phalanxes, among which the ratio of sword and shield soldiers, Changge soldiers and archers was very perfect.
When a hundred phalanxes appeared ten miles away from the city of Birk, they were discovered by the defenders on the city walls. Small phalanxes followed by dozens of oversized siege weapons. The red armor and dazzling edge always make people feel terrifying.
After all, there are so many people, and the visual impact is still very strong. Especially when all the people are the same equipment, and all the squares are the same size, the visual impact is infinitely magnified.
Still, it's pretty good. In many armies, after forming a phalanx, they will be reduced several times. If the stragglers charge, then it is called shock. An army of a million, scattered throughout the plains, combined with the gaps in between, was enough to turn the entire outside of the city into a sea of red.
The catapult drove within a mile of the city of Birk and then stopped. Immediately afterwards, a person named * controlled the catapult and put a huge block of stone into the catapult's shot. Standing quietly to the side, he looked at Gao Cheng in front of him with an indifferent expression, waiting for the generalissimo's attack order behind him.
The infantry also stopped as the catapult stopped, and fixed their pace. Stay neatly behind the catapult, intending to continue to enjoy the stunning picture of the catapult siege!
Hatton also went up to the city wall at this time, standing on the city wall more than twenty meters high, looking down, it was still a little unpleasant. However, seeing the giant beasts in front of the Beichen Army's array, Hatton's heart suddenly cooled a lot.
Looking at the catapults that had been placed on the boulders one by one, Hatton roughly counted them. However, it was found that the Beichen Army had at least 1,000 catapults, which was more than the three million people of the previous Combine Army.
Looking back at the eighty catapults he had set up behind the walls, Hatton felt like a child competing with a strong man.
In addition to these catapults, the huge nest carts next to them, which were also twenty or thirty meters high, also made Hatton frightened. Many, tall, big!
With only these three words, there are more than 300 nest cars. With a height of more than 20 meters, it was obvious that the walls of Birk City were like decorations in front of them. And those countless siege ladders, a thought of surrender suddenly rose in Hatton's heart.
However, this thought was soon suppressed by Hatton himself. The war has reached this point, even if he surrenders, it is not certain whether the Beichen Army will accept it or not. You must know that you were the one who invaded Beichen Country before, and it is strange that the Beichen Army can let you go.
In addition, just from what the 1.55 million Beichen Army has done along the way, we can see the decision of the Beichen Army. Walking all the way to slaughter all the way is completely to destroy yourself.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Three loud drums were followed by a rapid drum beat. At the same time, among the one million troops of the Beichen Army, there are countless knights. These knights shouted loudly while crisscrossing their fast horses: "Great commander's order, the whole army will attack!" ”
Hatton quickly took down the city walls, and the Beichen army had already ordered the attack. Staying on top of the walls by yourself was really not a good decision. Although, he was able to stay on the city wall and was able to boost the morale of the army. But what if he dies, let alone boost the morale of the army, it will be strange if the army does not disperse at that time.
A thousand boulders flew through the sky in an instant, smashing towards the twenty-meter-high walls of Birk City. The boulders soon fell to the top of the city wall, causing a violent shaking. The guards on the city wall were shaken by the violent shaking of their legs and feet.
As soon as the boulder flew up, the Beichen Army's military formation moved. The three hundred nest carts were the first to move forward, driven by the soldiers. Behind him were thousands of siege ladders. After that, there was a twenty-foot military formation.
This time, Yue Fei was unusual, he did not wait for the catapult to collapse the city wall, and only sent 200,000 troops to participate in the siege. Now it's different from before, the twenty-meter-high city wall, even if it is a tofu scum siege, it must have a thickness of nearly ten meters.
This is not something that catapults can easily smash, and in a few days, it is just a fool's dream to smash down a section of the city wall. Think about the former capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing, no, no, no! But as a result, he was smashed for three days and three nights by someone holding thousands of return guns, and then it was smashed.
The walls of Bianjing City are nearly 30 meters high, but they still can't withstand the bombardment of the return artillery. Of course, the city of Bilk naturally could not stop the bombardment of a thousand catapults. But that's going to be a waste of days!
It took thousands of return artillery to smash the wall of Bianjing City for three days and three nights, and now he only has a thousand catapults in his hands, and he has no time of four or five days, so he is really not sure to smash the city of Birk.
As for sending only 200,000 soldiers to attack the city, that is also the situation*. In the past, when attacking those cities, the defenders did not have many archers, and their strength was poor, so naturally the army pressed them. Now that it has hit the capital of the people, if there are few archers in the city, Yue Fei will not believe it.
In addition, there are so many siege ladders, and it is impossible to attack with a million troops at the same time. When the time came, a million soldiers gathered under the walls in stragglers, doing nothing but being mercilessly tortured by the defenders.
The movement speed of the nest cart and the siege ladder was very slow, and the distance of only five hundred paces was only about one hundred and twenty steps after walking for several minutes.
When it was still more than 300 steps away from the city wall, the Beichen army ushered in a counterattack by the defenders. The more than eighty catapults arranged by Hatton behind the city walls were not to be outdone.
More than eighty boulders climbed over the city wall in an instant and plunged headlong into the formation of the Beichen army. The boulder fell into the formation of 10,000 troops, and suddenly there was a bloody rain of blood.
The giant shield in the hands of the sword and shield soldiers is simply not enough to withstand the impact of the boulder. In the light, the arm is broken, and the shield is shattered. In serious cases, they were directly smashed into the soft ground by the boulder, along with the big shield, iron armor, and flesh.
When the infantry phalanx suffered losses, the huge siege weapons were not lucky enough to dodge. Three siege ladders, as well as a nest car, were instantly shattered into pieces by the boulder.
The broken wood chips made the surrounding Beichen soldiers scream miserably, pieces of wood chips, big or small, no matter what armor you were wearing. Without saying a word, I will tear it open for you, and then plunge it into the flesh, making it difficult for you to die.
From the moment the catapults in the city attacked, the catapult troops of the Beichen Army outside the city discovered it. Afterwards, a thousand catapults were thrown into the city without being at the city walls.
Although the accuracy is very poor, there will always be one or two lucky ones. No matter how many enemy catapults are smashed, as long as there is a gain, it will reduce the loss of the charging companion by one point.
For a time, the sky above the city of Birk became an independent stage for the catapults of the two armies. Countless boulders kept streaking across the sky and falling into the opposing lineup.
The siege weapons were as slow as the Eight Millennium Kings, giving the defenders more opportunities to attack. The casualties of the Beichen army were also not small, especially the siege weapons also lost dozens of vehicles.
But that's the end of it!
After nearly half an hour of advance, the soldiers of the Beichen Army finally entered the blind spot of the catapult. The 200,000 Beichen troops were still lined up in a neat formation, following behind the siege weapons.
"Buzz!"
As soon as the Beichen Army stepped into a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, it once again ushered in the attack of the defenders. Catapults can no longer attack the Beichen Army, but the archers on the city walls can attack the Beichen Army within range.
A rain of arrows fell, and the defending troops did not get the results they wanted. The phalanx of the tight Beichen Army, with its huge infantry shields, almost stopped all the arrows. Only a few unlucky guys who arrived home were shot with bows and arrows.
The formation of the Beichen Army has not been loose since the beginning of the attack, and this is not only because of the constraints of military regulations. But all the Beichen troops knew that the number of archers in the enemy's capital was definitely quite large.
The attack of the catapults, which no one expected. However, in the face of the huge power of the catapult, the formation of the Beichen Army was still not chaotic. The rain of arrows of archers is far more lethal than boulders!
No matter how many boulders there are, no matter how lethal they are, the limitation of their numbers makes it not a big threat. Archers, on the other hand, are not very powerful, but they can still shoot people. In particular, archers have a huge numerical advantage.
Just like now, tens of thousands of bows and arrows of the defending troops, throwing arrows rain attacks. If the Beichen Army was in a skirmish formation, it would definitely lose thousands of people in this wave of attacks. However, when the formation was still not chaotic, the casualties were only a few hundred, and most of them were minor injuries.
There is no way to compare this at all, and it turns out that the Beichen Army's will to fight is obviously much stronger than the will to fight of the United Army.
None of this is anything, and the battle with real casualties is about to begin. Siege warfare is always the last battle that the attacker wants to fight!